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LUCIFER

(Isaiah 14:12-14)“”How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning! How art thou cut down to the ground, which didst weaken the nations! For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north: I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the most High.

There are several interpretations of the above Scriptures.Lucifer is another name for Satan, because the person here is too powerful to be any human king. They could be referring to Sennacherib or Nebuchadnezzar, kings with supreme power. Their people looked upon them as gods. These kings desired to rule the world. Also, they could refer both to Satan and a great human king, probably Nebuchadnezzar since Babylon is pictured as the seat of evil in Revelation 17 & 18.

Pride was Satan’s sin as well as Babylon’s. Common to all three viewpoints is the truth that pride is against God and will result in judgment.

The name Lucifer comes from the 4th century AD Latin translation of this verse.The name Lucifer originally denotes the planet Venus, emphasizing its brilliance. The Vulgate employs the word also for “the light of the morning” (Job 11:17), the signs of the of the zodiac (Job 38:32), and the aurora (Ps. 109:3). Metaphorically, the word is applied to the king of Babylon (Isa. 14:12). The Latin word Lucifer is composed of two words: lux, meaning “light” and ferre, which means “to bear” or “to bring.” So the word Lucifer means the bearer of light.

The name Lucifer means light bearer and is not used in the New Testament, where the “bearer of light” is Christ. He was once one of the Seraphim (sometimes called the fiery, flying serpents).